A breathtakingly beautiful photo entitled ‘Alone at Sunset’ of photographer Hoang Hai Thinh has won a bronze medal at the prestigious Sydney International Exhibition of Photography.This year, the event attracted in excess of 2000 entries from around the globe in the categories of Colour, Monochrome, Creative, Nature and Wildlife.
Thinh said the photo taken at Ba Sao commune in the Kim Bang district of Ha Nam province in 2012 has also received other international awards in competitions at Macedonia, Egypt, the UK, Serbia, and Russia.
He has a great passion for photography. In 2010, he took top honours with the best cultural photo prize at the Gauruda International Photographic Contest in Indonesia.
Later that same year, he was selected as one of only ten international photographers to participate in a photo exhibition in Germany entitled ‘From Born to Berlin’.
In 2014, Thinh and photographer Nguyen Viet Thanh also exhibited collections featuring the … [Read more...] about Vietnam wins int’l photo contest in Sydney

Duc Tuan to perform at Da Nang theatre
Pop singer Duc Tuan will perform at the central city's Trung Vuong Theatre tonight, according to event organiser Le Kha Luc.
The live show will include 20 songs composed by late musician Pham Duy, and extracts from the Phantom of the Opera, Le temps de cathedrales (Notre-Dame de Paris), and Vietnamese love songs.
Tonight will be his first live show in Da Nang.
Tuan has put on successful shows in the past including Music of the Night in HCM City in 2009, and Paradiso in Ha Noi and HCM City in 2011.
Harsh penalty for fashion show host, models
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will apply the harshest penalty and ultimate sanctions on the Venus Company, who hosted a fashion show called 'Dem Hoi Chan Dai 7' (the Long-Legged Festival), said Vo Trong Nam, deputy head of the department.
The fashion show sparked criticism from the public at the very start after the invitation was released on the Internet with pictures of … [Read more...] about ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 24/5

The Family Festival Kermesse 2011
Sun 11 Dec 2011, 9 am - 6 pm
Thao Cam Vien (Park), 2B Nguyen Binh Khiem, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, HCM
The Family Festival Kermesse 2011 will be held with sport activities, traditional games and many performances. In the festival, young children as well as adults will have fun with all the activities and traditional games from France and many interesting prizes for the winners.
During the festival, there are many performances such as Dancing (with Capoeira demo from Dancenter), Circus show, concert, 2 lottery and many more! Also French and Vietnamese food served by experienced chefs will also be available for sale.
All proceeds from the Family Festival will be donated to Poussieres de Vie organization.
Poussières de Vie is charity organization established in 2003 to help street kids in Ho Chi Minh City and Kontum. We have approached and worked with more than 500 children from 6 to 18 years of age. We have taught these children Vietnamese, … [Read more...] about EVENTS SCHEDULED ON DEC. 9-20